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photo via ABC’s The Bachelor It’s been a long, grueling wait, but last night we finally got our fix with the live season premiere of ABC’s “The Bachelor”! This season features “Prince Farming” and Bachelorette runner-up, Chris Soules — a guy who’s so deep in the Iowa boondocks, the closest Starbucks is over an hour [...]

The song performed in the 1949 musical “Neptune’s Daughter” â€™Tis the season to be sexist, with the â€śtraditionalâ€ť Xmas pop played on an eternal loop, reinforcing old gender stereotypes about boys only wanting cowboy boots and guns while girls insist on walking, talking dollies. Thereâ€™s the infernal Love, Actually movie which, despite its charming British [...]

photo via The Frisky The Frisky:Â Sex Acts As Represented by Thanksgiving Dinner Dishes Nerve Classics:Â “Feast,” a short story that includes mashed potatoes in places you won’t believe! PopSugar:Â Your Holiday Guide to Staying Healthy & Happy This Season YourTango:Â 9 Ways To Make Sure His Family Doesn’t Hate You This Holiday 150 Shades of Play:Â Get your Xmas [...]

We just finished Sam Harris’s Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without ReligionÂ for our book club last night. It was a spirited debate, which went a little something like this: - Harris is self-centered, arrogant and off-putting. - But you just don’t know him like we do. - He condones drug use. - And that’s [...]

It’s like the tingly excitement you felt in your stomach as a kid as Christmas approached with the promise of your most wished-for present, except now that tingling is lower, the holiday is Valentine’s Day, and the present is the film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey. The second trailer was released yesterday and [...]

@cd_clifford! Congratulations, you are now the proud owner of a brand new LUNA Smart Beadâ„˘Â fromÂ LELO! Longer, stronger, easier-to-come-by orgasms are now within your (or your partner’s) reach, thanks to your acumen at Kegelizing movie titles. It was a very close race between Christen Clifford and Chris Perkins, but Christen’s strong showing (“The Kabinet of Dr. [...]

PopSugar: The cure for Benedict Cumberbatch’s engagement news. YourTango: Why you absolutely must date more than one guy at a time. The Frisky: On teaching children about boundaries and consent. Nerve: How behavioral science helped train her boyfriend to call her. 150 Shades of Play:Â Get your Xmas shopping done early! Our book is less than [...]

I consider myself a hardcore feminist (I’ve even got the T-shirt), one who’s attuned to all the gender stereotypes bombarding us daily. I work hard to combat them whenever and wherever I can. But I don’t live in a vacuum, and I’ve found myself falling into traps I thought I could avoid: like talking tougher [...]

The 10 Sexiest Scary Movies Horrifying and hot. The 10 Most Romantic “Monster” Movies Love can be scary. How to Have Sex with a Vampire A top 10 for all youÂ TwilightÂ fans. Are Halloween Couples’ Costumes Cute or Cloying? What do you think? Let us know! Halloween Haiku Contest Winners please, babe? just the tip? /Â he [...]

PopSugar: Which couples costume should you be this yea? Take the quiz! YourTango: 50 crazy and creative couples costumes. The Frisky:Â 5 technological breakthroughs that will change the way women & men interact. Nerve: Inside the world of an after-hours fetish party. 150 Shades of Play:Â Get some kinky ideas for your Halloween costume this year… and [...]